Troy

So I went to see the movie everybody is whining aboot. In high school I've always been fascinated by greek and roman history and later on, both Greece and Italy became my favorite countries for cultural visits.

Now, the movie... They made it perfectly clear the movie is more about storyline than it is about history. There were a few things that I noticed... For instance, when I visited Mycene, I didnt remember seeing some sea or river nearby. Sparta is only near a river and not even close to any sea. It also struck me rather odd that the trojans had Llamas... If I recall correctly, llamas originate from South America. Did some traveler discover the americas and bring llamas to Troy around 1500 BC? Aeneas was only mentioned briefly at the end, although he also played a rather important role in the whole war and later on, in the founding of Rome. There is no mention of any of the towns outside Troy the Greek conquered before actually making it to Troy. They did, however, show how Trojans supposedly built temples on the beach, where Briseis is (according to the movie) captured. Achilles dragged Hector's body after his chariot 3 times around Troy... apparently only in the Illiad. Ajax was killed by Hector in the movie.. but he went on a killing rampage after the war ended, in the Illiad. And apparently, the trojan war lasted less than a month (counting the nights and days) and not 10 years or so.

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Ok.. It ends when they decide to build a large wooden bunny... uhm horse and the Trojans drag it in the city. At night, 20 men crawl out of the bunny.. urgh horse and the open the gate for the 100 extras and 50,000 computer generated men, who raid, burn and plunder the city:)